viii, 390 pages ; 20 cm

Michael Foucault's writing has shaped the teaching of half a dozen disciplines, ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. But none of his books offers a satisfactory introduction to the entire complex body of his work. The Foucault Reader precisely serves that purpose. It contains selections from each area of Foucault's thought, a wealth of previously unpublished writings, and an interview with Foucault during which he discusses his philosophy with unprecedented candor

Includes bibliographical references

Pt. I. Truth and method. What is enlightenment? -- Truth and power -- Nietzsche, genealogy, history -- What is an author? -- pt. II. Practices and knowledge. Madness and civilization. The great confinement -- The birth of the asylum -- Disciplines and sciences of the individual. The body of the condemned -- Docile bodies -- The means of correct training -- Panopticism -- Complete and austere institutions -- Illegalities and delinquency -- The carceral -- Space, knowledge, and power -- Bio-power. The right of death and power over life -- The politics of health in the eighteenth century -- Sex and truth. We "other Victorians -- The repressive hypothesis -- Practices and sciences of the self. Preface to The history of sexuality, Volume II -- On the genealogy of ethics : an overview of work in progress -- Politics and ethics : an interview -- Polemics, politics, and problemizations : an interview with Michel Foucault

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